"If it would have been in Delhi, they would have made it. It's a sweet gesture from Sonia Gandhi that she has sent Esha and Bharat an invite that whenever they are in Delhi, they should go to her place for lunch or dinner."

Malini has had a parallel career in cinema and politics as a member of India's Bharatiya Janata Party.

The wedding at the Iskcon Temple in Bombay's Juhu village was attended by actors Amitabh Bachchan, his son Abhishek Bachchan and Rani Mukerji.